The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-21
The Prince Of BOOdIsrs Sentenced by
Judge Barrett.
The Penslty Fixed at Four Years
Hard Labor
And to Pay a Fine of Five ThOusal
Dollars.
Motion for a New Trial Ovsrrulsd BY
the Court.


minutes later it stopped before tn
county court house. The party alight
ed and passed through the line made
for them by the police through the
waiting crowd of curious spectators Il
the sheriff's office, and thence to the
court room. Sharp was so weak thai
In going to the carriage from the jai
Il was necessary for the officers guard
ing him to support his tottering form
Judge Barrett, whose illness YESTERDAY
compelled postponement of the con
victed man, had recovered sufficiently
to-day to be present in court. The
clock was indicating almost twelve
when Sharpe was carried into the cOurt
room. His suffering wife and son-in
law were close behind him, and deer
lines of WEAKNESS and sorrow over
spread their faces, as they seated them
selves beside the convicted man. His
grandson took the same seat he occu.
pied during the long trial, and Law.
yers Nelson, Stickney and Parsons
seated themselves on the right of theiI
client opposite his wife and relatives
Sharpe sat with closed hands and
bowed head at the foot Of the
table facing the bench. His face
almost buried in his chest, became
flushed and sickly looking under. the
AlN4OCu BEALC VI oil pICbCuJs WHO WCEe
staring at the convicted railroad king.
Excitement was becoming feverish
when a sudden hush came over the
room as three raps announced the en-
trance of Judge Barrett. AT exactly
1915 O'Clock, after calling court, Mr..
MARITIME got up and stated that as he
heard the defense had some remarks to
make he wished to hear them. Mr..
Mitchell responded, saying they had nc
application to put in Friday, but would
move for a new trial and wished the
stenographer to make note of the fact.
Judge Barrett said that If the docu-
ment contained nothing new he would
deny the application for a new trial.
Mr.. Mitchell then read paper stating
that the trial was an unfair one in sew
eral ways. The jury was prejudiced
against his client and was an unfair
one. Moreover, the judges charge was
unjust. Judge Barrett stated that the
motion would be denied. District at
torney MARITIME then stood up to move
the court to sentence the prisoner.
He stated that he considered
1t his duty to ask the court
to appoint physicians to look into the
prisoners condition of health and read
some certificates from Doctors Allen,
Hamilton, and Janeway to the effect
that the prisoners health was very
diabetes, inflammation of the kidneys
and organic disease of the heart which
are of serious Importance to a man of
seventy years. He then read DIR.
Hamilton's report on the condition of
Sing Sing and arrangements for the
care of the sick which he said were of
the most excellent character all around
and the place was most healthy sit
uated. ''In view Of these facts1 con-
al L.
left for me to do but to move for the
sentence of the prisoner. Mr..
Mitchell stood up to make last APP
peal for the defense. He said ne did
not wish to delay the court, but would
ask the judge to temper justice with
mercy. Judge Barrett then proceeded
to deliver sentence. He said that he
had never performed SO delicate task
in his whole professional career. He
people pleading for mercy and other
wise, but the court was not appointed
to be merciful any more than dictated
by the laws of Justice. The Judge is
appointed to award the penalty in &C
cordance to the offence when circum-
stances connected with the commits
sion of the offence have been duly
weighed and considered. The de-
PENDANT here is asking for mercy, and
but age and sickness. On the merits OF
the case he certainly is entitled to none.
1t is absurd to state that he was not
guilty of giving brides, as he was I'M
mistakably the leader of the whole af.
fair. We have not here, as in the case
of the alderman, any attempt to prove
the defendants good character. Tit
crime itself was an enormous one, thC
raising of half a million Of dollars tt
MI ho
reviewed the corrupt action Of the de
PENDANT in forming a bogus company Il
contract with the Seventh Avenue rail
way, of which he was a director, anC
referred to the defendants securing q
million of dollars of profit as sheer lar.
ceny, for which he could have beer
f Indicted Sqiberv1i just wb as i, well tbs a
to excite pity or mercy except age an,
i'll health of the prisoner and tn
mourning condition Of his family
With over 81 600, 600 in his pocket b
clamors for mercy without Offering t
-. pay back penny of the money stolen
so that should he die in prison his fam
lily has q vast fortune TO fall bac
upon AT this juncture Mrs. Sharp
buried her face in her handkerchie
and wept silently, while Sharpe him
self did not lift his face. The legislator
does not allow us to go below the min
mum penalty in such q grave offenc
as the present is" continued Judg
Barrett. All cannot be satisfied-thos
who clamor for the prisoners receivin
the full penalty of the law and thos
calling for reprimand. All thing
considered, the judgment of the court
that the prisoner be confined four year
at hard labor, and that he pay fine G
5000" A feeble attempt at applaus
was made, but was quickly suppressed
A STAY GRANTED.
NEW YORK, July 14.-Judge Potter
of the Supreme Court, this afternoo
granted stay in the Sharpe case unit
Monday next, and granted an order n
quiring the District Attorney to sho
cause on that day why it should not I
made permanent. The stay wf
granted on affidayits by Shapes couI
sci that they need time to prepare
bill of exceptions and that Judge Ba
rett had said that he was too i'll to 0il
the matter of a stay his attentiol
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